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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Unexpandable megas
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Date: 25 Dec 89 05:27:21 GMT
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Greg Lindahl says, about Atari's making two different Mega PC boards..
 
>Maybe it doesn't cost them more? Do you know anything about manufacturing?
>I sure don't...
 
About PC board manufacturing..?  Yes, I do know about PC board manufacturing.
 
>   ... And so I try to avoid showing my ignorance in public by
>bashing Atari on topics that I don't know anything about.
 
Oh well, guess we won't be hearing from Greg anymore on this topic.. how
about anyone else who's been involved in designing PC boards, or etching
them, or the processes of automated drilling and parts insertion..  can 
anyone think of a reason why it would be more cost effective to take ONE
part which serves an identical purpose in TWO products, and redesign it
so it only works in one of them, thus requiring TWO separate parts, lower
production volumes on each, and separate inventories..?
 
BobR